Al Bridge
Photoplayd Industry Rating
Not enough rated films yet to compute a weighted score.
Roles are weighted by involvement: director 1.0, screenwriter 0.7, lead 0.8, supporting 0.4, crew 0.1.
Al Bridge was an American character actor, a fixture both in Westerns and in the comedies of Preston Sturges. Although frequently billed as Alan Bridge, he was born Alfred Morton Bridge in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1891 (not as Alford Bridge in 1890, as his tombstone erroneously states). Following service as a corporal in the U.S. Army infantry in the first World War, Bridge joined a theatrical troupe. He dabbled in writing and in 1930 sold a script to a short film, Her Hired Husband (1930). He followed this with a B-Western script, God's Country and the Man (1931), in which he made his film debut as an actor. For the next quarter century, he managed the atypical achievement of maintaining a career in both B-Westerns and in bigger dramatic and comedy features. Ten films for director Preston Sturges represent probably his most familiar contribution to Hollywood history. Bridge also appeared frequently on television until his death in 1957 at 66.
Known for
Credits
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
as Sheriff (uncredited)
Strangers on a Train (1951)
as Tennis Judge (uncredited)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
as Senator Dwight (uncredited)
Saboteur (1942)
as Marine MP Sergeant (uncredited)
I Married a Witch (1942)
as Second Prison Guard (uncredited)
You Only Live Once (1937)
as Guard (uncredited)
The Awful Truth (1937)
as Motor Cop (uncredited)
Unfaithfully Yours (1948)
as House Detective
A Night at the Opera (1935)
as Immigration Inspector (uncredited)
Sullivan's Travels (1941)
as The Mister
We're Not Married! (1952)
as Detective Magnus (uncredited)
Santa Fe Trail (1940)
as Palmyra Townsman (uncredited)
The Palm Beach Story (1942)
as Conductor
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945)
as Cheap Charlie (uncredited)
Jezebel (1938)
as New Orleans Sheriff (uncredited)
The Little Foxes (1941)
as Dawson (uncredited)
Marie Antoinette (1938)
as Official in Passport Office (uncredited)
The Oklahoma Kid (1939)
as Would-Be Settler (uncredited)
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
as Ship Captain (uncredited)
Blonde Venus (1932)
as Bouncer (uncredited)
The Green Hornet Strikes Again! (1940)
as Ship's Captain
The Lady Eve (1941)
as First Steward (uncredited)
The Talk of the Town (1942)
as Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
They Were Expendable (1945)
as Lieutenant Colonel (uncredited)
In This Our Life (1942)
as Worker (uncredited)
Dick Tracy's Dilemma (1947)
as Mr. Cudd (uncredited)
The Face Behind the Mask (1941)
as Flop House Manager (uncredited)
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek (1944)
as Mr. Johnson
Hail the Conquering Hero (1944)
as Political Boss
T-Men (1947)
as Agent in Phone Booth (uncredited)
When the Daltons Rode (1940)
Actor
The Doolins of Oklahoma (1949)
as Deputy Sheriff (uncredited)
Winners of the West (1940)
as Captain
Ace Drummond (1936)
as Paul Wyckoff
The Sin of Harold Diddlebock (1947)
as Wild Bill Hickock
Dark Command (1940)
as Slave Trader
Born to Be Wild (1938)
as Kennedy - Trucker in Cafe (uncredited)
The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend (1949)
as Sheriff
Honky Tonk (1941)
as Townsman at Meeting House (uncredited)
Road to Utopia (1946)
as Ship Captain (uncredited)
Transient Lady (1935)
as Sheriff Angel Verner
Dead End (1937)
as Policeman in Drina's Apartment (uncredited)
The Bridge of Sighs (1936)
as Ballistics Expert (uncredited)
The Devil's Henchmen (1949)
as Elmer Hood
Westbound Mail (1937)
as 'Bull' Feeney
A Man's World (1942)
as Captain Peterson
Down to Earth (1947)
as Police Captain (uncredited)
Christmas in July (1940)
as Mr. Hillbeiner
Lady in a Jam (1942)
as Furniture Mover (uncredited)
Robin Hood Of Texas (1947)
as Sheriff
She Wouldn't Say Yes (1945)
as Conductor (uncredited)
They Won't Forget (1937)
as Mob Leader Outside Governor's Mansion (uncredited)
Meet the Stewarts (1942)
as Police Turnkey (uncredited)
Hunt the Man Down (1950)
as Ulysses Grant Sheldon (uncredited)
They Met in a Taxi (1936)
as Detective
Wild Bill Hickok Rides (1942)
as Man
Singin' in the Corn (1946)
as Honest John Richards
California Passage (1950)
as Conover
The Gay Deception (1935)
as Jail Attendant (uncredited)
The Falcon's Alibi (1946)
as Police Inspector Blake
The Adventures of Rex and Rinty (1935)
as Mitchell
The Phantom Creeps (1939)
as White Rose Sailor
Hell's Outpost (1954)
as Banker (uncredited)
Saratoga Trunk (1945)
as Soule Gang Engineer (uncredited)
Miss Susie Slagle's (1946)
as Cab Driver (uncredited)
Devil's Island (1939)
as Captain of the Guards
Nora Prentiss (1947)
as New York City Policeman (uncredited)
Tim Tyler's Luck (1937)
as Capt. Trowbridge
Law of the Range (1941)
as Jamison
Partners of the Plains (1938)
as Scar Lewis
We're Not Dressing (1934)
as Ship's Officer in Rescue Party (uncredited)
These Three (1936)
as Mrs. Walton's Chauffeur (uncredited)
My Little Chickadee (1940)
as Barfly Drinking Straight Whiskey (uncredited)
Oh! Susanna (1951)
as Jake Ledbetter
Framed (1947)
as (uncredited)
The Man Who Returned to Life (1942)
as Hobo
The Lone Rider Rides On (1941)
as Bob Cameron
California (1947)
as Town Marshal (uncredited)
A Woman of Distinction (1950)
as Editor
Silver River (1948)
as Sam Slade
Deadline at Dawn (1946)
as Detective Smiley (uncredited)
Born in Freedom: The Story of Colonel Drake (1954)
as Hotel Desk Clerk
The Murder Man (1935)
as Judge John C. Garfield (uncredited)
Son of the Border (1933)
as Tupper
Romance of the Redwoods (1939)
as Boss Whittaker
Badlands of Dakota (1941)
as Plainview Lawman
Buck Rogers (1939)
as Dynamo Room Floor Guard
Public Enemy's Wife (1936)
as Swartzman
The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine (1942)
as Trustee
Salty O'Rourke (1945)
as Bartender (uncredited)
The Mighty McGurk (1947)
as Toothless Derelict (uncredited)
Call of the Prairie (1936)
as Sam Porter
The Lady from Cheyenne (1941)
as Mr. Matthews
Fighting With Kit Carson (1933)
as Reynolds
A Rider of the Plains (1931)
as Deputy Bill Gaines
South of Santa Fe (1932)
as Henchman Wooly
Pioneers of the Frontier (1940)
as Marshal Larsen
The Kid's Last Ride (1941)
as Bob Harmon / Jim Breeden
The Adventures of Frank Merriwell (1936)
as Henchman Black
Adventure in Sahara (1938)
as Cpl. Dronov
Crime School (1938)
as Mr. Burke
Valley of Wanted Men (1935)
as Ranger Sergeant Parsons
Springtime in the Rockies (1937)
as Briggs
Crash Donovan (1936)
as Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
Cross My Heart (1946)
as Detective Flynn
Tenting Tonight on the Old Camp Ground (1943)
as Matt Warner
The Stranger from Texas (1939)
as Jeff Browning
Thunderhead: Son of Flicka (1945)
as Dr. Hicks
Quick on the Trigger (1948)
as Judge Kormac
The Missing Juror (1944)
as Deputy Sheriff Ben (uncredited)
The Thirteenth Guest (1932)
as Policeman (uncredited)
Jubilee Trail (1954)
as Mr. Turner (uncredited)
Thunder Afloat (1939)
as Fisherman (uncredited)
All That I Have (1951)
as John Biddle
The Courageous Dr. Christian (1940)
as Sheriff
The Hurricane Express (1932)
as The Station Agent
God's Country and the Man (1931)
as Livermore
Galloping Thru (1931)
as Sandy Thompson
Black Gold (1947)
as Dr. Jonas - Veterinarian
Million Dollar Legs (1932)
as Secret Emissary #3 (uncredited)
Shadows Over Chinatown (1946)
as Captain Allen
Honor of the Range (1934)
as Townsman (uncredited)
Honolulu Lu (1941)
as Shooting Gallery Proprietor
Rendezvous (1935)
as Sergeant (uncredited)
The New Frontier (1935)
as Kit
Lady from Louisiana (1941)
as Captain of Police
A Man's Land (1932)
as Steve - Rustler
The Spirit of the West (1932)
as Tom Fallon
When a Man Rides Alone (1933)
as Montana Slade
The Lawless Nineties (1936)
as Steele
Highway Patrol (1938)
as Jarvis
Flowing Gold (1940)
as Highway Patrolman (uncredited)
Squadron of Doom (1949)
as Wyckoff
The Man from Sundown (1939)
as Slick Larson
Iron Mountain Trail (1953)
as Marshal
The Three Mesquiteers (1936)
as Alden Canfield
Mystery Mountain (1934)
as Tom Henderson
Bad Men of the Hills (1942)
as Mace Arnold
Diamond Jim (1935)
as Poker Player on Train
Alias Mary Dow (1935)
as Ditch-Digger (uncredited)
Pardon My Stripes (1942)
as Guard (uncredited)
Below the Deadline (1946)
as Turner
Alias Mr. Twilight (1946)
as Sam Bartlett
The Jade Mask (1945)
as Sheriff Mack
In Old Amarillo (1951)
as Sheriff (uncredited)
One Man Justice (1937)
as Red Grindy
Idaho (1943)
as Jailer
Confidential (1935)
as Hanover - Walsh's Henchman
Utah Wagon Train (1951)
as Sam Sickle
Sons of Liberty (1939)
as Prisoner (uncredited)
The Wyoming Whirlwind (1932)
as Steve Cantrell
Blue Montana Skies (1939)
as Marshal
Nobody's Darling (1943)
as Bum (uncredited)
Little Miss Roughneck (1938)
as Sheriff
The Curtain Falls (1934)
as Mover
The Lone Avenger (1933)
as Burl Adams
Woman Chases Man (1937)
as Process Server (uncredited)
Fast Bullets (1936)
as Travis
Borderland (1937)
as Dandy Morgan
Dodge City Trail (1936)
as Dawson
Gunsmoke Trail (1938)
as Sheriff chasing Loma
Oklahoma Frontier (1939)
as Kentuck
The Ridin' Fool (1931)
as Nikkos (as Al Bridges)
Wild West Days (1937)
as Steve Claggett, Henchman
Blazing Six Shooters (1940)
as Bert Karsin
Black Beauty (1933)
as Hack Driver
North of Arizona (1935)
as George Tully
Twin Husbands (1933)
as Highway Patrolman (uncredited)
Rawhide Rangers (1941)
as Rawlings
Barbed Wire (1952)
as Homesteader McGraw
Silent Valley (1935)
as Jim Farley
Circumstantial Evidence (1935)
as John Cassidy (uncredited)
The Cheyenne Kid (1933)
as Denver Ed
The Fabulous Joe (1947)
as Florida Club Bartender
Drum Taps (1933)
as Lariat Smith
The She Wolf (1919)
Actor
Two Gun Law (1937)
as Kipp Faulkner
Slightly Married (1932)
as Tenant
Alibi Racket (1935)
as Chief Inspector August Wilmer
Jungle Jim (1937)
as Slade
Gallant Defender (1935)
as Salty Smith
Melody Trail (1935)
as Matt Kirby
The Devil Horse (1932)
as Henchman Curley Bates
The Cowboy Counsellor (1932)
as Sheriff Matt Farraday
Trail Dust (1936)
as Babson
Police Court (1932)
Actor
Sucker Money (1933)
as George Hunter
The Last Musketeer (1952)
as Lem Shaver
Fighting Texans (1933)
as Gur Durkin
Fighting Bill Fargo (1941)
as Tom Houston
Western Gold (1937)
as Holman (as Alan Bridge)
Broadway to Cheyenne (1932)
as Al
Outlaw Rule (1935)
as Deputy Bat Lindstrom
Two Gun Justice (1938)
as Sheriff (as Al Bridges)
The Forty-Niners (1932)
as Squaw O'Hara
Messenger of Peace (1947)
as Harry Franzmeirer
Colorado Trail (1938)
as Mark Sheldon